EST. 1988 . . . #EL PASO STRONG - Strength in Faith, Strength of Character . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 33rd Year of Existence . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Nominations for the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 are closing soon, Hit the Picture with the Batter at Home Plate titled "Now Accepting Nominations for 2020" to download information and Nomination Forms - Deadline for Submission is Wednesday March 11, 2020 by 4 PM MST . . . Our web site has over 1.653 Million views and we thank you . . . For Friday the 21st day of February 2020 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Alphabet" Roll Call with our Honorees whose first name begins with the letter T: El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Son/Father/Nephew Trio Member and Class of 2015 Honoree Taylor Paul; El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Media Director and Class of 2008 Honoree Thomas “Joe Fan” Ciaburri; Class of 1997 Honoree Thomas H. Rush; El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Past President and Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Class of 2012 Honoree Thomas J. “Tommy" Carrillo; Class of 2007 Honoree Toby Tovar; Class of 1996 Honoree Tomas “El Tomiski” Arciniega; Class of 1996 Honoree Tommy Zubiate and Class of 2000 Honoree Trini Guillen . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Vice President
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Gilbert De La Rosa
Treasurer
Ruben Porras
Inducted in 1991
Led Bowie High School to 1949 Texas High School State Championship
Graduated from Bowie in 1951 after leading Bears to Bi-District playoffs in 1950
Turned down a scholarship to pitch for Idaho University and started professional career in 1951 with the El Paso Texans
In 1951, the Texans opened their exhibition season against the New York Yankees and fresh out of high school he pitched against Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Hank Bauer
In 1952 he injured his arm pitching in the Mexican Winter League
Following two years of military service with the US Army he tried to resume his career but his arm never recaptured its magic
He attributes his success to his legendary Coach Nemo Herrera at Bowie High School who, “not only taught him the fundamentals of baseball but how to win”.
